Clasp suspender for trousers and the like



.Mar. 3, 1925; 1,528,088

' A. B. SMITH CLASP SUSPENDER FOR TROUSERS AND THE LIKE Fild Jan. 1941923 Patented Mar. 3, 1925.

UNI ED .iST TiES 1,528,088 PATENT oF -ce.

ALVA B. SMITH, oesr. LOUIS, .nrssoum, Assreuoaiav DIRECT/AND MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, OFONE-HALF TO JOHN '12. owounoa, or sr. Louis, MISSOURI, Announ- HALF TO JAMEs M. GRAY, or WEBSTER (moves, Missouri.

oLAsPsUsrnuDna r012 eaousnns .AND THE, LIKE.

' 1 application. filed January 19, 1923. Serial No. 613,637.

To all whom it may concern:

the city of] St. vLouis, State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Clasp Suspender forTrousers and the like, of which the following'is av specification, reference'being'had tothe accompanying drawing, forming apart thereof.

This, invent-ion relates generally to, trouser-supporting devices and, more particw any, to a certain new and, usefulv so-called clasp-suspender for trousers and the like,

the chief objects of my present invention being topr'ovide a simple, inexpensive, and durable clasp which is, readily operatively attachable to the shirt or other garment and withand from which a trouser-button may be easily and conveniently engaged and disengaged, and which will holdthe trousers 'upand-the, shirt or other garment own in an ancien nea m nne W ho injury to the 1 shirt or other a garment and affording comfort and freedom of movement e hebedy, nd to m1 'genera y p and simplify the construction of'devices of the kind stated. I 1' With the 'bove and other objects in view, "my 'presentinvention resides in the novel features "ofform, construction, arrangen ent, and combination of parts heren te desetibe nd. a t rwa d Pa n out in the ela'irns,

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Figure 1 is a front elev'ational view of what I may designate the main member of the clasp;

F re a. d ed V ew o the me; Figurej 3 is an, elevational view of. the

clamping-frame of the clasp Figure lis a perspective view offorni of trouserbutton adapted preferably for use in connection, with the clasp,

Figure 5' is; a; longitudinal? sectional view of thfei, claspv as; when operatively attached upon a garment and in engagement with such trouser-button; and

Figure, 6 isja diagrammatical view of the clasp, illustrating. the operation of disengaging the clamping-frame from the main member, of theclasp to detach, or. releasethefclasp from a garment.

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8 ing or otherwise, with a pair of oppositely disposed lips 2 and 3, respectively, which are offset rearwardly from, but which. both extend vertically in a plane approximately parallel with the plane of, the major portion or body 1 of the plate. The lips 2 and 3 so provid'ed form' with'the rearwardly olfset or flangesportions 4 and 5 of the plate a seat at the upper and lower ends ofthe plate 1 for the -c0 operating clampingmeinber or frameB of the clasp; and to facilitate the. engagement with, and disengagement from, the member A of the frame B, the lower'lip 3is preferably of somewhat less width, than upper lip 2, as seen especially in Figure 5. Within its area, as best seen in Figure 1, body 1 of the plate is kerf'ed, as at 6-7, and the centralportion 8 thereof then die-pressed or otherwise manipulated inwardly or rearwardly out of the general fiat plane of the body 1 of the plateto form or provide the plate with what I may descriptively designate an open-end pocket for receiving and accommodating a trouser-button. It will be noted that the body 1 of the. plate A. is extended at itsopposite side margins, as at 9, 9, and thereby adapted for cooperation with the upper and lower lips 2 and 3 in holding or looking. the frame B securely, but detachably, to its described seat. The clamping-frame B before mentioned is, as shown, a substantially rectangular open or. skeleton frame of suitable material and, is, of, a, size relatively to member A to embrace the opposite-upper and lower margins thereof and snugly, but removably, fit, when in clamping; engagement with and upon the member A, upon its described seat and behind the projecting extensions of body 1 of the plate.

- Adapted for co-operation with the clasp, is a so-called button C comprising a plate punched or otherwisev provided upon which is a head 11 undercut or grooved upon .its'opposite sides,-as at 12, for reception in, and engagement withv the Walls of, the described, pocket of the clasp. The button C is, in practice, disposed flatwise at its plate 10 upon the trousers at the waist thereof, with head 11 disposed inwardly, the plate 10 being suitably perforated, as at 13, to accommodate securing thread.

In use or operation, and first in attaching the clasp operatively, for instance, upon a shirt, the frame B is placed flatwise upon the inner surface of the material of the shirt and at the location desired, usually along the waist-portion of the shirt. The member A is now placed more or less obliquely upon the outer surface of the material of the shirt and its upper and somewhat longer lip 2 projected or inserted endwise into the frame and beneath the upper cross member thereof. The member A is then swingably pressed downwardly to lie flatwise upon the outer surface of the material of the shirt, and its lower lip 3, in such movement, forced into and through the opening of the frame B.

The member A is now slightly endwise moved downwardly relatively to frame B, and the frame B, in and by such operations or movements of the member A, forced to its said seat upon the member A, with the lips 2, 3 disposed under the frame and to and upon which seat the frame B is now securely held or locked by the outwardly projected or extended side edge-portions 9 of the body 1 of the plate. It being understood that in such operations the frame B and the member A are disposed upon the opposite surfaces of the shirt, it will at once be seen that portions or folds of the shirt,

' as at 14 and 15, are in such operations clamped at the said lips 2 and 3 and offsets 4 and 5 between the frame B and member A, frame B and member A being thus as described securely, but detachably, locked together and in firmly clasped attachment upon the shirt.

W ith the clasp so attached as described upon the shirt or other garment, the de scribed pocket of the clasp is disposed substantially flatwise upon the garment and conveniently accessible for engagement with, or disengagement from, a trouser-button, such, for instance. as the head 11 of plate 10 illustrated in Figure 4, the head or button 11 being conveniently as desired slipped into or out of the pocket by the wearer.

My present Suspender-clasp may be inexpensively manufactured, is most conveniently and easily attachable upon a shirt or other garment, provides when upon the shirt or other garment a convenient means for quick and ready attachment or detachment of a trouser supporting-button, and in use will hold the trousers up and the shirt or other garment down in a most simple, neat, and efficient manner, without injury to the shirt and at the same time affording comfort and freedom of movement to the user,

he depressed plate-portion 8, providing somewhat of rear wall for the buttonabove described, upward movement of mem ber A relatively to frame B and then a swinging movement of member A relatively to frame B, as indicated by the arrows, unseating the frame B and. member A and frame B being then conveniently, as shown, disengaged one from the other and the clasp as a whole detached or removed from the shirt. 7

I am aware that changes in the form, construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts of the clasp may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without departing from the nature and principle of my invention.

.Having thus describe-d my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. As a new article of-manufacture, a clasp-Suspender including, in combination, a skeleton frame and av separate marginally flanged plate-member having oppositelypresented offset lips and an open-end pocket for receiving and accommodating a trousersupporting button, the frame being adapted to embrace the opposite margins of the plate and the plateanember being engageable at said lips under the frame for gripping the garment therebetween in detachably fastening the button-pocket flatwise upon the garment.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a clasp-suspender including, in combination, a skeleton frame and a separate plate-member provided at opposite margins with lateral flanges and oppositely presented offset lips and having intermediate the lips an openend pocket for receiving and accommodating a trouser-supporting button, the frame being adapted to embrace the opposite margins of the plate at said flanges and the plate-member being insertable at said lips within the frame and endwise engageable at said lips under certain members of the frame for gripping the garment therebetween in detachably fastening the button-pocket flatwise upon the garment.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a clasp-suspender including, in combination, a skeleton frame, a separate plate-member provided at opposite margins with lateral flanges and oppositely presented offset lips and having intermediate the lips an openend pocket for receiving and accommodating a trouseresupporting button, the frame being adapted to embrace the opposite margins of the plate at said flange and the-p1ate-mem her being insertable at said lips Within the frame and enclwise e'ngageable at said lips under certain members of the frame for gripping the garment therebetween in detachably fastening the button-pooket flat- Wise upon the garment, and extensions upon the plate at its other opposite margins adapted to project in frame-holding engagement over other members of the frame when the plate and frame are in interengaging relation.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

V ALVA B. SMITH. 

